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BONAVENTURE. 


SAVANNAH : 

O  MORSISG  SEWS  STEAM-POWER  PRESS. 

1870. 


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BONAVENTURE. 


SAVANNAH : 

MOUNING  NEWS  STEAM-POWER  PRESS. 
1870. 


THE  FLOWERS  COLLECTION 


OFFICERS. 


PRESIDENT  : 

W.  H.  WILTBERGER. 

vick-imJesident  : 

JOHN  STODDARD. 

managers: 
W.  B.  HODGSOX. 
JACOB  WALDBURG. 
W.  E.  BOYD. 
JOHX  L.  HARDEE. 
GEO.  W.  AVYLLY. 


M.  A.  COHEN, 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


BONA  VENTURE. 


The  beautiful  tract  of  land  bearing  this  name, 
and  now  enclosing  the  "  Evergreen  Cemetery," 
was  first  settled  in  or  about  the  year  1760,  by  Col. 
John  Mulryne,  who  came  to  this  country  from 
England,  and  removed  from  Charleston,  South 
Carolina,  to  Georgia. 

The  high  ground,  an  extended  river  view,  etc., 
made  it  one  of  the  choicest  sites  near  the  city  of 
Savannah,  and  the  first  house,  a  large  brick  one, 
was  erected  at  that  time,  facing  the  centre  walk  of 
the  old  garden.  This  garden  extended  in  terraces 
from  the  plateau  to  the  river,  the  terraces  being 
supported  by  blocks  of  "Tabby,"  a  concrete  of 
shell  and  lime,  that  yet  remain  in  tolerable  preser- 
vation. This  house  was  destroyed  by  fire  iu  the 
latter  part  of  the  last  century,  during  a  dinner 
entertainment.  The  roof  taking  fire  first,  all  hope 
of  saving  the  building  was  soon  dismissed,  but,  at 
the  suggestion  of  its  owner,  the  dinner  was  removed 
to  the  trees  and  there  finished. 


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lu  ITGL  this  property  came,  by  the  marriage  of 
Josiah  Tattnall,  of  Charleston,  South  Carolina, 
with  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Col.  John  Mulryne, 
into  the  possession  of  the  Tattnall  family,  Governoi 
Tattnall,  of  Georgia,  being  born  there  in  1 7Gr>. 

This  marriage  is  of  peculiar  interest  in  the  history 
of  Bonaventure,  since  from  it  date  the  avenues  of 
magnificent  trees  which  form  the  pride  acd  chief 
feature  of  interest  of  the  place.  They  were  planted 
about  that  time,  and  a  tradition  has  it,  in  the  forms 
of  the  letters  M  and  T,  the  initials  of  the  families 
of  Mulryne  and  Tattnall.  The  majority  of  these 
trees  were  of  the  Live  Oak  species,  others  being 
mingled  with  them.  These  latter  the  hand  of  time 
and  the  gales  of  the  Atlantic  have  long  ago  laid 
low,  whilst  the  sturdy  Live  Oaks,  with  their  hoary 
beards  of  moss,  still  defy  the  wintry  blasts,  and 
their  rustling  leaves  whisper  a  ceaseless  lulaby 
over  the  quiet  and  peaceful  sleepers  at  their  feet. 

A  second,  and  frame  house,  built  by  Governor 
Tattnall,  was  also  destroyed  by  fire.  This  second 
house  stood  in  the  open  space  in  rear  of  the  site 
occupied  by  the  fii  st  brick  house,  and  its  location 
is  marked  by  a  large  Cedar  tree,  nourished  by  the 
ashes  of  the  burnt  hearth.  The  front  of  this  house 
was  formerly  marked  by  two  veiy  old  and  large 
Palmetto  trees. 

In  the  year  1 8-1-7  this  property  passed,  by  pur- 
chase, into  the  hands  of  Captain  P.  Wiltberger, 


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Miio  bad  long  associated  the  quiet  and  peace  of  tlie 
place,  its  patriarch  trees,  and  their  deep,  solemn 
shade,  its  calm  and  seclusion,  as  a  fit  receptacle  for 
the  departed  of  this  earth,  as  a  resting  place  for  the 
weary  pilgrims  of  life.  With  him  originated  the 
idea  of  devoting  Bonaventure  to  its  present  and 
final  use,  and  his  remains  sleep  under  the  foliage 
of  its  trees. 

Circumstances  prevented  for  a  time  the  execu- 
tion of  this  wish,  but  it  was  taken  up  by  his  sou, 
Major  W.  II.  Wiltberger,  and  the  formation  of  the 
present  Evergreen  Cemetery  Company^  in  1809,  was 
the  result  of  his  efforts.  In  this  connection  it  may 
.be  interesting  to  notice  that  the  first  adult  buried 
at  Bonaventure  w^as  the  wife  of  Governor  Tattnall, 
who  died  there  in  1 803,  being  soon  followed  to  the 
grave  by  her  honored  husband.  Previous  to  that 
time  several  of  the  children  of  the  family  had  been 
buried  there. 

Amongst  the  historical  incidents  of  the  place  is 
the  rescue  of  Governor  Wright,  by  Col.  Mulryne, 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  Col.  Mulryne,  a 
staunch  W^hig,  disapproved  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  and  when  the  Patriots  confined 
Governor  W^right  in  Savannah,  Col.  Mulryne  hast- 
ened to  his  rescue,  and  conveyed  him  to  Bonaven- 
ture until  the  Governor  could  be  placed  on  board 
of  an  English  man-of-war  lying  in  the  river.  Col. 
Mulryne  left  the  country  with  the  Governor,  and 
died  at  Nassau,  New  Providence. 


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It  is  also  historic  that  the  French,  after  their 
unsuccessful  attack  on  Savannah,  fell  back  to 
Bonaventure,  and  thence  reembarked  many  of 
their  wounded,  burying  a  number  of  their  dead  on 
the  place. 

These  few  brief  sketches  of  Bona  venture's  past 
will  be  of  interest  to  the  many  visitors  of  that 
place,  and  were  kindly  placed  at  the  disposition  of 
the  Evergreen  Cemetery  Company  by  Commodore 
Josiah  Tattnall  and  Major  W.  H.  Wiltberger. 

Its  future,  as  a  Cemetery,  will  endear  the  old 
place  to  many  a  heart,  and  as  such  it  will  remain 
until  the  treasures  we  now  in  sorrow  confide  to  its 
guardian  trees  and  solemn  quiet  shall  rise  to  a 
brighter  life,  when  time  and  earth  shall  have  passed 
away. 


AN  ACT 

TO  IXCOUl'OKATK  THE 

EVERGREEN  CEMETERV  CO.  OP  BONAVENTIIRE. 


Whereas,  Peter  Wiltberger,  a  citizen  of  Savan- 
nah, in  the  county  of  Chatham,  and  State  of  Geor- 
gia, is  seized  in  fee  of  a  tract  of  land  in  the  said 
county,  tln-ee  miles  distant  from  the  city  of  Savan- 
nah, known  as  Bonaventure,  a  certain  portion  of 
which,  seventy  acres  in  extent,  he  has  caused  to 
be  surveyed  and  designated  by  marks  and  bounda- 
ries, and  enclosed  by  substantial  fencing,  and  oth- 
erwise improved  and  ornamented ;  and  has  so  set 
apart,  designated,  and  enclosed  the  same,  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  a  decent  and  suitable  place 
for  the  burial  of  the  dead  :  and  in  order  to  secure, 
at  all  future  times,  the  reverent  application  of  the 
same  to  that  solemn  purpose  alone,  is  desirous  that 
he,  with  certain  others  hereinafter  designated  and 
described,  shall  be  associated  by  an  act  of  incorpo- 
ration, for  the  purpose  aforesaid.  And,  whereas, 
it  is  necessary  and  becoming  that  such  provision 
should  be  made  by  law  as  shall  ensure  continued 


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protection  from  sacrilegious  distiubauce  to  the 
remains  of  friends  and  relatives  who  may  be  there 
committed  to  the  earth. 

Section  1.  Be  it  therefore  enacted  hy  the  Senate 
and  Home  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of  Georgia, 
in  General  Assembly  met,  and  it  is  hereby  enacted  by 
the  authority  of  the  same,  That  Peter  Wiltberger, 
Josiah  Tattnail,  John  Stoddard,  Richard  D.  Ar- 
nold, AVilliam  Duncan,  Robert  Habersham,  Joseph 
S.  Fay,  AVilliam  H.  Mongin,  William  B.  Hodgson^ 
P.  31.  Kolloek,  Charles  Green,  C.  P.  Richardsone, 
Anthony  Porter,  Jacob  Waldburg,  Henry  Roser, 
Alexander  A.  Smets,  and  all  others  who  may  be- 
come owners  or  proprietors  of  the  lots  and  subdi- 
visions made  in  the  said  tract  of  seventy  acres, 
described  in  the  preamble  to  this  Act,  be  and  they 
are  hereby  created  and  constituted  a  corporation, 
under  the  name  and  style  of  "  The  Evergreen 
Cemetery  Company  of  BoNAVENTmiE,"  and  by 
that  name  shall  have  perpetual  succession  of  offi- 
cers and  members,  and  be  capable  in  law  and 
cfiuit}',  in  all  courts  of  record  and  elsewhere,  to 
sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  impleaded,  answer 
and  to  be  answered  unto,  defend  and  1)0  defended  ; 
and  may  have  and  use  a  common  seal,  with  power 
to  break,  alter,  or  make  anew  the  same  at  pleasure ; 
and  may  make,  ordain,  and  establish  all  such  by- 
laws, rules,  ordinances,  and  regulations,  not  repug- 
nant to  the  Constitutions  and  laws  of  the  United 


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States  and  State  of  Georgia,  as  may  be  expedient 
to  cany  into  efFtct  the  objects  of  this  Act;  and 
shall  be  clothed  with  all  powers  incident  to  such  a 
corporation. 

Section  2.  And  be  it  furt/ter  enacted  by  the  au- 
thority aforesaid^  That  from  and  after  the  passing 
of  this  Act,  the  said  Evergreen  Cemeteiy  Company 
shall  be  able  and  capable  in  law  to  receive  at  any 
time  hereafter,  from  the  said  Peter  Wiltberger,  a 
grant  'and  feoffment  of  the  said  tract  of  land, 
seventy  acres  in  extent,  described  in  the  preamble 
to  this  Act.  and  to  hold  the  same  in  fee  simple 
upon  the  trusts  and  uses  contemplated  and  indi- 
cated by  this  Act,  namely,  for  the  purposes  of  a 
Public  Cemetery,  and  for  no  other  uses  or  purposes 
whatsoever ;  and  also,  to  grant,  bargain,  sell,  and 
dispose  of  for  the  same  uses  the  lots  or  subdivis- 
ions which  may  be  made  in  the  same ;  and  also  to 
have  and  to  hold  so  much  personal  estate  as  may 
be  necessary  lor  the  purposes  of  this  incorporation. 

Section  3.  And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  the  au- 
thority aforesaid,  That  the  seven  (7)  persons  first 
named  in  the  first  section  of  this  Act  be  and  they 
are  hereby  appointed  managers  of  the  said  Ever- 
green Cemetery  Company,  and  shall  continue  in 
office  until  their  successors  shall  be  elected ;  and 
that  they  and  their  successors  shall  have  exclusive 
superintendence  of  the  said  Cemetery,  and  the 
property  and  appurtenances  belonging  to  the  same ; 


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nud  shall  luive  power  to  lay  out  and  ornament  the 
grounds,  to  erect  suitable  buildings,  to  arrange  and 
dispose  of  burial  lots,  and  to  make  all  necessary 
by-laws,  rules,  and  regulatious  relative  to  the  elec- 
tion and  duties  of  managers  and  their  successors, 
the  appointment  of  suitable  officers  and  agents,  and 
their  several  duties  and  compensations,  the  employ- 
ment of  workmen,  the  government  of  lot-holders 
and  visitors  to  the  Cemetery,  and  all  such  other 
matters  as  may  be  necessaiy  and  proper  in  the 
piemises. 

Section  4.  Knd  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  au- 
thority aforesaid,  That  from  and  after  the  passing 
of  this  Act  the  said  Corporation  hereby  created, 
and  the  tract  of  seventy  acres  above  described,  and 
all  the  improvements  now  made  or  hereafter  to  be 
made  upon  the  same  for  the  puiposes  aforesaid,  by 
the  said  Corporation,  shall  be  free  fiom  all  State 
and  County  taxes  and  assessments,  so  long  as  the 
said  tract  of  land  sh^ll  remain  dedicated  to  the  uses 
of  a  Cemetery:  and  that  the  real  and  personal 
estate  of  the  said  Corporation,  and  the  said  burial 
lots,  when  conveyed  to  individual  proprietors  for 
the  purposes  aforesaid,  shall  not  be  subject  to  the 
lien  of  any  judgment,  or  liable  to  be  levied  on  or 
sold  under  any  execution,  or  to  be  applied  to  the 
payment  of  any  debts  by  assignment  under  any 
bankrupt  or  insolvent  law. 

S»CTI0N      And  be  it  farther  enacted  by  t/ie  an- 


thovily  aforesaid,  That  an/  person  who  shall  wil- 
fully or  wanlonly  destroy,  mutilate,  deface,  injure, 
or  remove  any  tomb,  monument,  grave  stone,  or 
other  structure  placed  in  the  Cemetery  aforesaid,  or 
any  fence,  railing,  or  other  work  for  the  protection 
or  ornament  of  the  same,  or  of  any  burial-lot  within 
the  limits  aforesaid,  or  shall  wilfully  or  wantonly 
destroy,  remove,  cut,  break,  or  injure  any  tree, 
shrub,  or  plant  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  or  shall 
shoot  or  discharge  any  gun  or  other  tirearms  within 
the  limits  aforesaid,  shall  be  guiUy  of  a  misde- 
meanor and  liable  to  indictment  therefor :  and 
upon'conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  line,  not 
less  than  five  dollars  or  more  than  one  hundred 
dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  common  jail  of 
Chatham  county,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court,  according  to  the  nature  and  aggravation  of 
the  offence,  and  such  offender  shall  also  be  liable 
in  an  action  of  trespass,  to  be  brought  against  him 
in  au3^  court  of  competent  juriscliction,  in  the  name 
of  the  Evergreen  Cemetery  Company  of  Bonaven- 
ture,  to  pay  all  such  damages  as  shall  have  been 
occasioned  by  his  unlawful  act  or  acts  ;  which 
money  when  recovered  shall  be  applied  by  the 
said  Corporation,  under  the  direction  of  the  man- 
agers aforesaid,  to  the  reparation  and  restoration  of 
the  property  destroj^ed  or  injured  as  above  ;  and 
iu  all  such  suits  members  of  the  said  Corporation 
shall  be  competent  witnesses. 


u 

Section  G.  And  be  it  further  enacted  hrj  the  au- 
thority aforesaid,  That  HO  street  or  road  shall  be 
hereafter  opened  through  the  lands  of  the  said 
Corporation,  except  by  their  consent 

CHARLES  J.  JENKINS, 
Speaker  of  t/ie  Houae  of  Representatives. 
ANDREW  J.  MILLER, 
President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  27th  December,  1847. 

GEO.  W.  TOWNS,  Governor. 

Secretaky  of  State's  Office,  Georgia,  \ 
Milledffeville,  15th  January,  1848.  ) 
I  certify  the  foregoing  is  a  true  and  correct  copy 
of  the  original  filed  at  this  office. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  of  office, 
N.  C.  BARNETT, 
[l.  S.]  Secretary  of  State. 


BY-LAWS,  RULES,  AND  REGULATIONS 

OF  THE 

EVERGREEN  CEMETERY  fO.  OP  BONAVENTl'RE. 


The  Annual  Meeting  shall  be  held  on  the  first 
Tuesday  in  June. 

Seven  Managers  shall  be  elected  at  each  Annual 
Meeting,  at  the  end  of  the  term  of  the  present 
Board,  who  were  elected  for  three  years. 

Each  share  of  stock  is  entitled  to  one  vote.  Each 
proprietor  of  a  lot  shall  also  vote. 

The  Board  of  Managers  shall  remain  in  ofiice 
until  their  successors  shall  be  elected,  and  may  fill 
such  vacancies  as  occur  during  their  term  of  office. 

Proprietors  of  lots,  heretofore  sold  by  this  Com- 
pany, shall  be  placed  upon  the  same  footing  and 
have  the  same  privileges  as  future  purchasers. 

The  price  of  lots,  for  the  first  year,  is  fixed  at 
1 14  cents  the  square  foot,  and  not  less  than  ten  per 
cent,  of  all  monies  received  for  lots  shall  be  invested 
in  good  securities,  the  income  to  be  used  in  keep- 
ing the  Cemetery  perpetually  in  order  and  in  em- 


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boUishing  it.  For  #5  paid  aunually  for  a  lot  of  800 
square  feet,  or  less,  or  tor  $10  paid  aniuially  for  a 
lot  of  larger  dimensions,  this  Company  binds  itself 
to  care  for  the  lot  and  monuments  of  the  proprietor 
thereof;  or  for  ($^^0)  fifty  dollars  paid  at  one  time 
ibr  a  lot  of  300  feet,  or  less,  and  ($100)  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  a  larger  size,  the  Company  shall 
bind  itself  to  take  good  care  of  such  lot  to  perpe- 
tuity. The  Company  will  engage  to  paint  and  keep 
in  perpetual  repair  the  railings  and  monuments 
belonging  to  owners  of  lots  on  payment  of  —  per 
cent,  on  the  cost  of  the  same. 

Contracts  for  expenditures  shall  not  be  made 
beyond  the  assets  in  hand,  without  authority  of  a 
majority  of  the  Board. 

Proprietors  shall  not  allow  interments  to  be  made 
in  their  lots  for  a  remuneration;  nor  shall  any 
transfer  or  assignment  of  any  lot,  or  of  any  interest 
therein,  be  valid  without  the  consent  in  writing 
first  had,  and  endorsed  upon  such  transfer  and 
assignment,  and  entered  on  the  books,  of  the 
Comi)any. 

No  disinterment  shall  be  allowed  without  per- 
mission being  first  obtained  at  the  office  of  the 
Association. 

No  officer,  except  the  Superintendent,  Secretary, 
or  Treasurer,  shall  be  entitled  to  any  compensation 
for  services  rendered  the  Association  as  such  offi- 
cers, except  for  special  services  rendered  by  any 
member  of  the  Managers. 


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Four  Managers  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the 
transaction  of  business.  At  every  meeting  the 
proceeding  shall  be  as  follows : 

1.  Reading  of  the  Minutes. 

2.  Report  of  OtBcers. 

3.  Report  of  Committees. 

4.  Motions,  Resolutions,  and  Notices. 

5.  Untinished  and  Miscellaneous  Business. 


CONDITIONS 

CONTAINED  IN  Al,l, 

DEEDS  OE  LOTS  m  THE  CEMETERY. 


First.— That  the  said  lot  of  land  shall  uot  be 
used  for  any  other  purpose  than  as  a  place  of  burial 
for  the  dead ;  and  no  trees  within  the  lot  shall  be 
cut  down,  trimmed,  or  destroyed,  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  Managers  of  said  Corporation. 

Second — That  the  proprietor  of  the  said  lot 
shall  have  the  right  to  erect  stones,  monuments,  or 
sepulchral  structures,  and  to  cultivate  trees,  plants, 
and  shrubs  in  the  same. 

Third. — That  if  any  trees  or  shrubs  situated  in 
said  lot  of  laud  shall,  by  means  of  their  roots, 
branches,  or  otherwise,  become  detrimental  to  the 
adjacent  lots  or  avenues,  or  dangerous  or  inconve- 
nient to  passengers,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Managers,  for  the  time  being,  and  they  shall  have 
the  right  to  enter  into  the  said  lot  and  remove  the 
said  trees  and  shrubs,  or  such  parts  thereof  as  are 
thus  detrimental,  dangerous,  or  inconvenient. 

FouETH. — That  if  any  monument  or  eflSgy,  or 


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any  structure  whatsoever,  or  any  inscription  be 
placed  in  or  upon  the  said  land,  which  shall  be 
determined  by  the  major  part  of  3Ianagers  for  the 
time  being  to  be  otfcnsive  or  improper,  the  said 
Managers,  or  the  major  part  of  them,  shall  have 
the  right,  and  it  shall  be  their  duty,  to  enter  upon 
such  land  and  remove  the  said  offensive  or  im- 
proper object  or  objects. 

Fifth. — No  fence  shall,  from  time  to  time,  or 
at  any  time,  be  placed  or  erected  in  or  around  the 
said  lot  the  material  and  design  of  which  shall  not 
first  have  been  approved  by  the  Managers,  or  a 
committee  of  them. 

Sixth. — The  Managers  may  at  any  time  enter 
upon  said  lot  to  keep  the  same  neat,  and  clear  off 
the  grass  and  weeds  therefrom,  and  appropriate  the 
said  grass  and  weeds  to  their  own  use. 

Seventh.— The  said  lot  of  land  shall  be  holden 
subject  to  the  provisions  contained  in  the  By-Laws 
of  the  proprietors  of  said  Cemetery,  heretofore 
established,  or  which  may  be  hereafter  established 
by  them. 


REGULATIONS 

IX  REGAIU)  TO 

INTERMENTS  and  FUNERALS. 


Whenever  burial  is  to  be  made,  a  permit  must 
first  be  obtained,  and  paid  for,  from  tlie  Secretary. 

The  person  applying  for  the  permit  must  be  able 
to  give  the  following  particulars :  Name  of  de- 
ceased ;  place  of  nativity :  late  residence :  date  of 
birth,  or  age ;  date  of  decease :  date  of  interment ; 
disease;  name  of  parents  (or  kindred);  in  whose 
lot  interred :  location  of  grave :  name  of  underta- 
ker :  outside  size  of  coflfin,  or  box ;  also,  place  of 
death :  whether  single,  married,  or  widowed :  occu- 
pation. 

The  same  information  will  be  required  and  also 
a  ])ermit  from  the  Secretary,  when  remains  are 
to  be  interred  which  have  been  removed  from  other 
burial  grounds;  and  when  a  body  is  to  be  re- 
moved from  one  part  of  the  Cemetery  to  another 
part,  a  permit  therefor  must  be  obtained  from  the 
Secretary. 


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Any  lot-holder  allowing  a  friend  to  bury  in  his 
lot  must  make  application  in  person  or  by  a  writ- 
ten order. 

Owing  to  the  great  number  of  interments  in  times 
of  an  epidemic,  or  unusual -mortality,  parties  are 
advised  to  apply  at  the  Secretary's  office  before  set- 
ting the  time  of  funeral,  to  ascertain  what  hour  the 
Sexton  can  attend  the  same,  so  as  to  prevent  unnec- 
essary delay  and  confusion  at  the  grounds.  Appli- 
cations to  be  considered  each  in  their  turn. 

All  interments  will  be  subject  to  the  following 
charges  and  must  be  paid  to  the  Secrerary  on  obtain- 
ing the  permit ;  but  no  interment  will  be  allowed  in 
any  lot  until  the  lot  has  been  puid  for. 

For  opening  and  closing  a  grave  under  4 
feet  in  length   .^3  00 

For  opening  and  closing  a  grave  5  feet  and 

upward   n  00 

For  opening  and  closing  a  family  vault,  the 

charges  will  be  according  to  the  time  estimated  or 

required — from 


BRICK  GRAVES. 


Under  8  feet  in  length  (inside) . 

3  feet  and  under  4  feet  (inside) 

4  feet  and  under  ")  feet  (inside) 

5  feet  and  under  6  feet  (inside) 
(5  feet  and  under  7  feet  (inside) 


$10  00 

12  r,o 

].-,  00 

17  r>o 


20  00 


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PUBLIC  VAULT. 

The  remains  of  any  person  who  died  of  a  con- 
tagions disease  will  not  be  admitted  in  the  public 
vault,  nor  can  funerals  take  place  therefrom  on  Sun- 
days without  a  special  order  from  the  President. 
Whenever  a  body  is  to  be  deposited  in  the  public 
vault  a  permit  must  first  be  obtained  from  the  Sec- 
retary's office  and  the  following  charges  paid: 

For  receiving  and  discharging  each  body  

For  vault  rent  of  remains  of  persons  15  years  of 

age  and  over,  per  month   3 

For  children  under  15  years  of  age   2 

In  all  cases  a  sufficient  amount  must  be  depos- 
ited with  the  Secretary  to  cover  expenses  of  inter- 
ment and  vault  rent  for  the  time  stipulated,  after 
which  the  remains  will  be  subject  to  interment  by 
the  Company ;  but  when  a  deposit  is  made  for  a 
single  grave,  and  a  lot  is  purchased  in  the  mean- 
time, the  difference  in  charges  will  be  adjusted  at 
the  time  the  body  is  ordered  from  the  vault. 

Bodies  removed  from  the  vault  for  interment 
in  other  Cemeteries  will  be  charged  double  the 
amount  of  the  regular  prices. 

Owners  of  single  graves  purchasing  family  burial 
lots  will  have  the  removal  of  bodies  made  from 
such  graves  without  extra  charge. 

Whenever  the  remains  of  any  person  are  taken 
to  the  Cemetery  without  a  permit  from  the  Secre- 


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tary,  the  Sexton  is  instructed  not  to  receive  or 
allow  them  to  remain  on  the  grounds  unless  proper 
statistics  are  furnished  and  double  the  amount  of 
usual  charges  for  vault  and  burial  be  deposited  with 
him,  to  be  afterward  adjusted  with  the  party  by  the 
Secretary,  and  if  not  adjusted  within  ten  days  there- 
after, the  Secretary  may  order  the  interment  made 
for  the  amount  deposited. 

When  a  single  grave  is  wanted,  the  following 
prices  are  charged,  which  covers  the  entire  expense 
for  the  ground  and  the  opening  and  closing  of  the 
grave : 

For  a  grave  under  4  feet  in  length  $S 

For  a  grave  4  feet  and  under  5  feet  in  length... .  10 

For  a  grave  5  feet  and  upward   12 

For  the  accommodation  of  all  persons  who  wish 
to  make  interment,  a  messenger  will  be  sent  out  to 
the  Cemetery  daily,  when  required,  Sundays  and 
Holidays  excepted,  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M.  and  3,  P. 
M.  from  April  1  to  October  1,  and  at  1^  o'clock,  P. 
M.  from  October  1  to  April  1.  At  all  other  times, 
parties  applying  must  furnish  their  own  messengers. 


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